Re: [bitcoin-dev] Height based vs block time based thresholds

2017-07-05 Thread Troy Benjegerdes
On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 08:06:33AM +, Gregory Maxwell via bitcoin-dev wrote: > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:50 AM, Luke Dashjr via bitcoin-dev > wrote: > > I've already opened a PR almost 2 weeks ago to do this and fix the other > > issues BIP 9 has.

Re: [Cryptography] Satoshi's Trump Card

2017-07-01 Thread Troy Benjegerdes
On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 05:36:05AM -0400, grarpamp wrote: > > As before, rich activsts will have two chains to play in... > > Analyses link to show potential exist of plural actors... > https://btc.com/stats/rich-list This is going to be the greatest wealth transfer in history, from each,

segwit2x and the end of the known BTC universe

2017-07-01 Thread Troy Benjegerdes
The way some people are talking about segwit/segwit2x/big blocks is as if there is some sort of existential crisis like the polar ice caps were going to fall off from the excess heat from miners. For example, while this has a couple of good technical points:

Re: FBI Arrests Former Trader For Stealing High Frequency Trading Code

2017-04-18 Thread Troy Benjegerdes
This is rather brilliant. (at least the public marketing of the concept) Based on my observation of Bitcoin/Altcoins this has been deployed for 2-3 years and is really 'good' at redistributing wealth from naive anarcho-cypto believers and giving it to capital owners. On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at

Re: John McAfee - Startup Maven, Spygear Warrior, Political Aspirer, CIA Critic

2017-03-23 Thread Troy Benjegerdes
On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 05:12:59PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 09:44:04PM -0400, grarpamp wrote: > > http://www.dailytech.com/Sex+Drugs+and+Politics+John+McAfee+Makes+the+Presidential+Race+a+Bit+Stranger/article37483.htm > >